Athletes of the year?

With the final season upon us, it’s time to look at candidates for our prep athletes of the year. With thousands of tremendous local athletes, this is no easy feat.

Here are some of the criteria: must be a Seattle-area athlete (sorry Kavario Middleton, Brittney Quick and Jared Karstetter) and must excel at two or three sports throughout the year (explains why Spencer Hawes wasn’t considered).

How about these female candidates: Kristi Kingma of Jackson (Star Times soccer and basketball, last year’s winner) or Kentwood’s Jessie Genger (Star Times volleyball, SPSL North first-team basketball).

Now I know I probably missed some obvious and deserving candidates. Let ’em fly in the comments!